By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Has Trump finally lost his mojo? Unfortunately, no

I was going to write that Donald Trump has lost some his mojo as a result of last week’s tariff’s debacle. But others have written about Trump’s mojo levels after various setbacks in 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023 and 2024, etc. And he’s always bounced back. So let’s just say, as I did last week, that he wounded and weakened himself with his crazy tariff moves of late. … The WSJ’s Holman Jenkins thinks so too. … Dana Milbank at the Post lovingly recaps this past week’s seeming non-stop squabbling and finger-pointing among Republicans. … And, of course, there was Peggy Noonan’s epic tariff-reversal column on Friday: “Trump’s Climbdown for the Ages.” … The NYT’s Ross Douthat is more cautious about discounting Trump, considering Ross once pronounced the president’s political demise back in 2017. But he is wondering if failure is now an option.

Update — More signs of weakening, via the Hill: “Republicans fear Trump’s trade war could lead to political wipeout.”

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